Rage

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Rage is a groundbreaking first-person shooter set in the not-too-distant future after an asteroid impacts Earth, leaving a ravaged world behind. You emerge into this vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself against such forces as raider gangs, mutants, and the Authority -- an oppressive government regime that has a special interest in you in particular.

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Sure, the market is already swimming in competitive multiplayer first-person shooters, but when id Software launched Rage in 2011 without team deathmatch, it felt Paul-Reubens-not-wearing-his-Pee-Wee-Herman-outfit wrong. Yes, the studio that created team deathmatch decided it would be a good idea not to include the competitive mode in its FPS. That's a problem we can fix. And by "we" I mean all you talented modders out there. The Rage Tool Kit is launching on Steam later today, opening the hood on idTech 5. Read More »

Huh, it's been awhile -- the RAGE died down for me long ago. But it looks like it's set to bubble forth again with the release date announcement of RAGE's next DLC, The Scorchers, which will see us battling a "maniacal bandit clan" in some brand-new areas. Read More »

The Scorchers were originally planned as the sixth bandit clan in Rage, but, for unknown reasons, they wound up on the cutting room floor. Now, more than a year after Rage's 2011 launch, they'll make their fiery entrance via DLC. Bethesda and id Software announced this afternoon that The Scorchers will be ready for download on Tuesday. Finally. Read More »

After a disappointing critical and commercial response to Rage, id Software appeared to simply shrug its shoulders and move on. A year after the post-apocalyptic shooter shipped, there's still no sign of the planned downloadable content or the mod tools that were promised at launch. But wait, what's this? The rocket man himself, John Carmack, says id Software hasn't completely forgotten about Rage, at least when it comes to mod tools. Read More »

id Software screwed up launching Rage last year, and Co-founder John Carmack knows it. He spent the opening moments of his annual QuakeCon keynote last week apologizing and explaining what happened, pointing to the unwise decision to optimize it for pre-release AMD graphics drivers that were not publicly available on launch day. Most of those problems were addressed within 24 hours, but the damage to Rage's reputation -- and id's -- was done. Now, a year later, I sat down with id's CEO Todd Hollenshead and Rage's Creative Director Tim Willits to find out where it plans to take Rage next, Doom 3 BFG Edition, mod tools, and always-on DRM. Read More »